ձիր

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ձիր (jir).

Pronunciation

Noun

ձիր (jir) (archaic)

  1. gift, present
  2. Alternative form of ձիրք (jirkʻ)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative ձիր (jir) ձրեր (jrer)
dative ձրի (jri) ձրերի (jreri)
ablative ձրից (jricʻ) ձրերից (jrericʻ)
instrumental ձրով (jrov) ձրերով (jrerov)
locative ձրում (jrum) ձրերում (jrerum)
definite forms
nominative ձիրը/ձիրն (jirə/jirn) ձրերը/ձրերն (jrerə/jrern)
dative ձրին (jrin) ձրերին (jrerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ձիրս (jirs) ձրերս (jrers)
dative ձրիս (jris) ձրերիս (jreris)
ablative ձրիցս (jricʻs) ձրերիցս (jrericʻs)
instrumental ձրովս (jrovs) ձրերովս (jrerovs)
locative ձրումս (jrums) ձրերումս (jrerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ձիրդ (jird) ձրերդ (jrerd)
dative ձրիդ (jrid) ձրերիդ (jrerid)
ablative ձրիցդ (jricʻd) ձրերիցդ (jrericʻd)
instrumental ձրովդ (jrovd) ձրերովդ (jrerovd)
locative ձրումդ (jrumd) ձրերումդ (jrerumd)

References

  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “ձիր”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys
  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “ձիր”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰēr-i-, from *ǵʰer- (to yearn for).

Noun

ձիր (jir)

  1. gift, present; favour, grace, boon, recompense
    ձիր առնուլjir aṙnulto take a gift
    մի՛ ի ձիրս ինչ եւ ի շնորհս խօսելmí i jirs inčʻ ew i šnorhs xōselnot to adulate or flatter
  2. faculty, talent
    ձիր պերճախօսութեանjir perčaxōsutʻeanthe gift of eloquence

Declension

i-type
singular plural
nominative ձիր (jir) ձիրք (jirkʻ)
genitive ձրի (jri) ձրից (jricʻ)
dative ձրի (jri) ձրից (jricʻ)
accusative ձիր (jir) ձիրս (jirs)
ablative ձրէ (jrē) ձրից (jricʻ)
instrumental ձրիւ (jriw) ձրիւք (jriwkʻ)
locative ձրի (jri) ձիրս (jirs)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ձիր (jir), ձիրք (jirkʻ) (learned)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 434